Inserting objects
Generally, a document contains a number of various objects.
The following types of objects can be inserted into a document:
Inserting a Text object
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To insert a Text object into a document:
- Click the
Text item in the Insert menu or on the Objects toolbar.
- Left-click the document area for a top left insertion point.
- Drag the cursor across the document area to specify the right bottom point of the object.
- Release the mouse button to accept the location.
- Double-click a text object to edit its text in the Text Editor. See Editing a text property for more info.
- To edit object properties, use the Properties Editor. See Editing object properties for more info.
Inserting an Arc Text, a Circle Text, a Perspective Text, a Wave Text object
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To insert an Arc Text a Circle Text, a Perspective Text, a Wave Text object into a document:
- Click the
Text item in the Insert menu or on the Objects toolbar.
- Left-click the document area for a top left insertion point.
- Drag the cursor across the document area to specify the right bottom point of the object.
- Release the mouse button to accept the location.
- Double-click a text object to edit its text in-situ. See Editing a text property for more info.
- To edit object properties, use the Properties Editor. See Editing object properties for more info.
Inserting an Image, a Clipart object
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To insert an Image or a Clipart object into a document:
- Click the
Image or
Clipart item in the Insert menu or on the Objects toolbar.
- In the Open Image dialog box, specify the image. See Opening an image for more info.
Note: The application supports both raster image formats (bmp, jpg, gif, png) and vector (wmf, emf) files.
- Left-click the document area for a top left insertion point.
- Drag the cursor across the document area to specify the right bottom point of the object.
- Release the mouse button to accept the location.
- To edit object properties, use the Properties Editor. See Editing object properties for more info.
Inserting a Line object
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To insert a Line object into a document:
- Click the
Line item in the Insert menu or on the Objects toolbar.
- Left-click the document area to insert the first line point.
- Drag the cursor across the document area to specify the opposite point of the object.
- Release the mouse button to accept the location.
- To edit object properties, use the Properties Editor. See Editing object properties for more info.
Inserting a Rectangle, a Rounded Rectangle, an Ellipse object
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To insert a Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, or an Ellipse object into a document:
- Click the
Rectangle,
Rounded Rectangle, or
Ellipse item in the Insert menu or on the Objects toolbar.
- Left-click the document area for a top left insertion point.
- Drag the cursor across the document area to specify the right bottom point of the object.
- To edit object properties, use the Properties Editor. See Editing object properties for more info.
Inserting a FreeHand object
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To insert a FreeHand object into a document:
- Click the
FreeHand item in the Insert menu or on the Objects toolbar.
- Left-click the document area to insert the first point of a curve.
- Drag the cursor across the document area to specify a curve.
- Release the mouse button to end drawing a curve.
- To add additional curves repeat steps 2-4.
- Press the Enter key to quit the editing mode.
- To edit object properties, use the Properties Editor. See Editing object properties for more info.
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